ma’akelet

  • Living on the Edge

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son  Genesis 22:10  NASB Knife – The ma’akelet is a special kind of knife – a knife used to slaughter sacrifices.  In the Old Testament, it describes the instrument used to cut a person into pieces (Judges 19:29) and to prepare animals for…

  • The Cut

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    THANK YOU ALL.  The Israel DVD sets are sold out. And Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son. Genesis 22:10 Stretched Out – Structure, structure, structure.  The Hebrew verse begins with the verb.  Of course it does.  The verb is the reality of the story.  This verb is shalah. …